News Broadcasting
NDTV Q1 net at Rs 20.8 million
MUMBAI: NDTV has posted a net profit of Rs 20.8 million in the quarter ended 30 June, 2008 as against a loss of Rs 21.5 million in the corresponding year last fiscal.
During the quarter, the company’s revenue grew 56 per cent to Rs 955 million, from Rs 612.1 million a year ago.
On a consolidated basis, the company’s net profit stood at Rs 5.24 billion whcih includes an exceptional amount of Rs 6.42 billion arising on dilution by subscription of shares by NBCU in an overseas subsidiary.
“NDTV Imagine has also launched NDTV Lumiere in this quarter with theatrical releases of highly acclaimed world cinema, in metros across India,” says an official release.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
